Drive-well filter



(No Model.)

D WISER DRIVE WELL FILTER.

Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

62,22% u c mao wenn @ceceni @Fiumi SPLEGIFEATGN forming part of Letters laatent No. 4704.274, dated :Ef/leech B, 3.

Application filati lovem'ner lll, 1891. Serial l-loflllQS (llo model.)

.TovZ w/m/at may conceive:

il Vit lino i' JAY@ ilf'leElfl, e citizen monili, il and Siete of iuin we county of l diene, neve invented .l .ungiiovemenis :z Uri le tile annexed drawings, iiefi, cilieulion, und to ille inuiized tlieieen.

t'n; drawings iepi'esens e side u drive-Well liiler eonsti'ueteil in uceofxdence with ille piefsent invention; lfig. eeiieml elevation thereof; 3, n deolii new sliouing apoitieu of the drive-well l id one oi tliei'iltere leceied within the eloniufeil opening .formed in seid tuile; liig. i, e. demi sectional View through the lube the fillers. rescntinvenlien lille relation to that drive-Well tubes provided with apluinlity of iilteis secured ovei` openings fol-:ned in said tube; and ilic invention lies foi' its object to provide :i simple and effective means of connecting' the filters te ille tube md formelcngeted openings therein7 ,vlierebf.' the t il ere will lie directly oveil tl'iewepeniugs :tud ebieter therewith, eo that the sediment7 cmtl1,iindotlieiloieigu bodies will lic ple vented from lodgingin tile lilters and closing ilxein Wliile in the ect of driving oi frein any Cause, es will be llei'einuitei' more fullydescribed, and Subsequently pointed out in the claims.

,in iii? accompanying drawings, il reine cents zi portion of u drive-well tube, provided it its lower end with exterior eeiew-tlueuds f/ 'for eonuec iliez'eto ille usuel peint i3, which lies ii or se1e;vilu'eeils l) to engage with the scieu tlneuds on tile enel of the tuile.

'llie tube Kl provided with numb-ei: of lllteis Q which extend e-,xound peiiplicry und my distance throughout ille length ol ilie tube, which i'teis may be of enst o1' sheet ineinl, und are substentiullg, oi: the form shown, with the passages er slits' c end the vertical eide Wells cl. It will ce eeen 'that euch l'ilici' is separate and independent the other, und .therefore if one should breek, become Worn, oir tiievwise injured so that it -ls the .for the reception oi.'

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should fail to operato it could ne readily replaced -Grilli e.. nevi7 one` advantage in having the filiere'eepui'eteund independenlofench other,theiretrengthiemaieriulljf increased, end consequently grenier durability and e more lasting drive-Well tube i'eeult. 'llie elongated openings D. within which .e iilteie C are located, are fully as lui'ge ne the iiltei'e, lioili in Width 'and le1igli,tlie filters being held in piece by soi- (lei' oe oliiei` Well-known ineens. The openln addition to this.

inge l) being equal in eize to ilieiiltei's inicie peifeetectien of the lters is secured, endure prevented from being clogged oz' stopped up by tue eediunent'oi1 emtli passing through it into the lube While in the eet ci'. driving, ue no walled space for tlie accumulation und lodgment of the sediment or earth is left, thus rendering the filters self-cleaning. The elongated openings l) have beveled 01' outwe1 lly-fizwiiig ends e, te loi'm receptacles f for the solder in securing the filters @Within the openings, the vertical side Wells l also being flaring to leave u space between them und the sides of the elongated openings in which to place the soldes'.

'i deem the presenee'of the filters, together with the elongated. slits, ns :nest important, the two combined ferm moet eilcient douille filter, which is not present or obtuined wheie liutloii-slmped holes are provided, heviug e Sheet-metal surroundingieee. In tlie letter euse the earth will come in direct ccnmet with the iiltei or gauze es the point is driven. By my construction this does not occur.

iinving new fully describe-d my invention;

wliutl cle-iin us new, und desire to Secure by ile ttei's Patient, is" l l. A drive-well tube provided vfitlv. u series of openings und independent ltere located over the seme and hui/ing vertical side Walle extending out from the periphery of inet-ubc und 'caving fine vertical elite, substantially us und for the purpose set foitli.

i?. A drivewell tube having elongated openA ings with beveled or outwui'dly-Iizuing ends ecldei, und filters located within the cpei'zings und secured thereto,

substantially and for the purpose described.r

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